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LF: Coolant hose in Vancouver BC
Historical mailing list - Jason
Mon, 23 May 2011 22:16:57 -0400
...83 1.9L - coolant hose from waterpump pump to H block 025121108A. Used one from a parts van in good shape would do. Current...
Syncro cooling system parts on a 2wd 2.1 waterboxer
Historical mailing list - dylan
Mon, 8 Mar 2010 06:59:57 -0800
With the new billet Syncro thermostat housings available, here is a 2wd Carat with all the stock Syncro metal coolant parts used. The front...
Re: Coolant part confusion - need some help!
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:18:14 -0400
...Those > coolant parts are indeed different for automatics as they have hose > connections at the bottom for the automatic transmission oil cooler. My browser...
Re: Coolant leak from coolant tank
Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:52:14 -0700
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> > Here's one of my thousands of low tech but effective tricks........ > - for fluid leaks...
Re: Leak symptoms
Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:51:38 EDT
The symtoms I had when my heads went were exhaust gases getting into the coolant and pushing it out of the expansion tank, into...
Cooling System T's
Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:59:28 -0600
While replacing the coolant lines back by the rear heater, my 11 year old plastic T lines snapped/crumbled so offto the hardware store...
Re: Coolant expansion tank-help before ordering!
Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
Tue, 2 Jul 2002 23:45:23 -0400
...Be sure to order a new o-ring for the coolant lever sensor as well, it is not included and it is needed to...
Re: coolant is a poison
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:32:51 -0800
Isn't pouring coolant down the toilet not only irresponsible but putting a strain on our treatment plants that need not be there? William...
Flashing light
Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
Tue, 2 Sep 2003 17:46:06 -0500
I started up my 84 today to have the coolant light flash for about 5 minutes before finally turning off (the flashing light there...
The 2.1 coolant system bleeding links
Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
Mon, 3 May 2004 08:36:01 -0400
I have replaced all my hoses and bleeding the whole system.................all new coolant, etc. Any one got a link to the best sites...
Re: overheating issues
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Thu, 8 Sep 2005 08:10:36 EDT
...coolant in the oil (for example, a lot of white foam on the underside of the oil filler cap) and hydrocarbons in the coolant...
temp gauge and coolant light trouble
Historical mailing list - Matthew Hokanson
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:26:31 -0400
...needle immediately rises to the top of the gauge and the coolant light keeps blinking (passed its normal start up routine). Any help or...
Re: coolant level sensor o-ring
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:42:56 -0400
...wrote: >In an '88 Westy AT, is the seal for the coolant level sensor in the expansion tank a >special o-ring, or just...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 23:09:15 +0000
...My understanding is this: coolant gets hot. It expands. The coolant in Pressure Tank (the one with the blue cap) overflows and expels into...
Re: small coolant hose replacement tips needed
Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:47:10 -0800
...If you were going to replace all the coolant hoses/pipes, sure, go for it, but I don't think I would go at...
Re: On road, Having problem, coolant related
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 09:28:23 -0800
That wouldn’t explain why one coolant pipe was cold when I stopped would it? The gauge didn’t just instantly change, it was...
Re: Cooling system drivel (getting shorter...)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 17 Feb 95 10:58:34 PST
...Once 85C is hit, the thermostat opens a valve which effectively starts passing coolant through the radiator, thus allowing heating to occur. Actually, now...
Re: Anti-Freeze Change Interval > Was opinions
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Thu, 6 Apr 2017 07:50:27 -0500
...The problem with this Coolant story is that by the time you find there is a problem from using the wrong coolant there is...
Re: Rear heater control
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:50:02 -0800
...you always want at least some coolant flowing through the rear heater so some fresh healthier coolant is always going through it ...the parts...
Re: '86 Westy coolant questions
Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
Sat, 7 Apr 2012 18:32:47 -0400
...Replaced the cap with the old one, installed a new coolant sensor, and apparently that fixed my coolant leaking/bubbling problem. Tomorrow, to check...
My way - was; what coolant flush method is best
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Sun, 13 Jun 2010 08:44:07 -0700
...what coolant flush method is best I'm wanting to do a coolant drain and fill on my 85 and was wondering if there...
Re: coolant temp sender connection and another broken coolant hose
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:33:35 -0700
...I have swapped in some metal coolant pipes (near the waterpump). Caught them early on and I had some good used ones on hand...
Re: Another way to drain coolant
Historical mailing list - Jack R.
Sat, 18 Oct 2008 20:57:44 -0400
...their site says... "Dispose of the old coolant properly and in compliance with local regulations. In those few areas where recycling is available, both...
Re: Coolant air, overflow, fried head gasket, "burping" out air (long)
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:06:37 EST
...This went on for many, many miles: = >coolant overflow and/or blinking red light, find a place to stop, >"burp" = >tank, sometimes add coolant...
Re: wonky temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:53:56 -0500
...You have a > leak somewhere, > Low coolant or gasses in the cooling system can push the coolant level below > the sensor and cause the...
Re: antifreeze leak?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:13:58 -0700
If coolant disappears, and you are sure it's not leaking externally somewhere ... then it's using it internally ... i.e. it's going...
vwoa/head gasket/heater core
Historical mailing list
Thu, 10 Oct 1996 13:49:01 -0500
...My Vanagon is spewing coolant from many orifices. After 5 years and 93,000 miles, I find myself in the position of so many...
The moral of the story is... (Semi-long tale of woe)
Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
Mon, 10 Dec 2001 20:22:37 -0500
...The next day, I open the engine compartment and noticed that the coolant was low, so I fill everything and start the engine. The...
Re: Water Pump
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:38:52 -0800
You guys are scaring me with all this coolant pump talk! (I may R&R the pump when I do a coolant flush, hose...
coolant leak/temp (WSilva)
Historical mailing list
Sun, 25 May 1997 10:53:08 -0300 (ADT)
...I think the coolant problems warrant more than disregarding. There IS a problem, sounds like the internal head gasket leak (worst case) or a...
Re: coolant smell
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 11:30:31 -0400
...Malcolm S, 91 syncro westy, Halifax > Two weeks ago I went to my VW dealer and made them changed my > coolant, since then, when...
my own coolant mystery
Historical mailing list - Paul Adams
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:15:42 -0600
...gasket give because of the coolant mystery???It never really got to hot, or, was the rising coolant due to the bad gasket? there...
Re: water wetter
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:13:45 -0500
...In this case the idea is that it aids molecules of coolant to make better contact with the surfaces against which it comes in...
Re: Coolant leak from the engine!
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:14:07 -0700
If you have a 2.1, check the small rubber coolant hoses going to the oil cooler, they leak sometimes. If not leaking by...
90 cooling problem
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:08:37 -0700
...Coolant was leaking out of the (it looks like top of ) pressurized coolant reservoir and as well as being under what looks like higher...
Re: Replacement of coolant
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:02:38 -0400
The best and easiest way to drain most of the coolant is by pulling the two hoses at the front behind the spare tire...
Re: Missing coolant
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 14 Oct 2015 08:31:40 -0700
...Missing coolant > > > > > > > > Old hoses leak microscopic amounts of coolant. Ive had it spray onto > > the > engine in such small quantities that it would evaporate...
Re: Temp guage reading low and spirratic coolant level light
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Sat, 13 Jun 1998 04:04:02 EDT
In a message dated 98-06-11 17:49:16 EDT, craddock@DVWS01.CAHWNET.GOV writes: << Alright, I'm tired of seeing the coolant...
Cooling system weirdness
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 21:50:46 -0700
...When I stopped I noticed that the back window was sprinkled with coolant and the licence plate looked like someone had hit it with...
oil leak: advice?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:40:59 -0900
After recently draining and replacing about 10 qt of coolant, I see fresh oil leaking onto the bottom of the block after a 20...
Re: Water Wetter questions...
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:47:15 -0500
...Its magic is reducing the > surface tension of the coolant so that it stays in contact with those hot > surfaces that are much hotter...
update on syncro coolant distribution unit
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 27 May 1997 22:23:37 -0700
I think I finally have some resolution on the problem I've been having getting the proper coolant distribution unit part for my syncro...
Re: engine temps
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 28 Mar 1999 01:00:05 -0500
...However there will be places in the engine where the coolant is hotter, and this will vary both by cooling system condition and by...
Wondering about coolant physics
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Fri, 1 Jan 2016 17:57:33 +0000
...air in the system and coolant in the system is at equilibrium with the atmosphere when it is added, right? Then you drive the...
Re: Was Can you run without coolant...Now How Badly Can You Abuse a WBX? (Very long)
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:54:45 -0600
...Was Can you run without coolant...Now How Badly Can You Abuse a WBX? (Very long) John, Could you work up a THAR SHE...
Re: Blam! Bleeder valve destruction and some other thoughts!
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 12:04:54 -0700
...Too much pressure? The coolant will be dumped on the > > > ground. I have to top it up when the coolant is too low, under...
Re: Disappearing Coolant - Head Lean?
Historical mailing list - Vince S
Sun, 12 Sep 2004 10:35:07 -0700
...Disappearing Coolant - Head Lean? Chuck, I agree with you my coolant leak though does not appear to be the sensor and possibly the tank...
Re: Coolant Hose vs. Coolant Pipe
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 18 Oct 2012 11:55:57 -0700
...it takes the factory ones 20 years to rot out, and that is purely from not changing coolant, or using some rust inhibiting additive...
Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:03:10 -0500
Tobias, Air in the cooling system will cause problems regardless of the vehicle and air blocking coolant flow, not lack of coolant is what...
Euro-Engine: 86 Volkswagen Vanagon, Cooling, collection bottle
Historical mailing list - "Ken Cook (by way of Derek Drew )"
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:08:50 -0400
...It will after a while cause some coolant to flow/overflow the recovery bottle and on to the ground. We have bled out the...
Re: What's the connection between the temp and fuel gauges?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:15:09 -0700
...What's the connection between the temp and fuel gauges? > Driving down the road, in the rain, both the coolant temp gauge and > fuel...
Re: Was Re: Orange Coolant
Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
Thu, 27 May 1999 08:54:18 -0500
...Orange Coolant 5/27/99 Brian, I've bought the Prestone 5/150 too and I'm about 1 week away from "the big...
Re: Coolant hose kits question
Historical mailing list
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:26:04 EDT
...I have tons of these earlier hoses in stock as I figured that folks that have been running around with the same coolant hoses...
ongoing problems please help
Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
Mon, 24 Dec 2001 09:42:24 -0800
...Something is forcing the coolant back into the reservoir and then into the overflow tank...after driving on the freeway and then coming to...
Re: Colant expantion
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:46:35 -0400
As long as the coolant goes back down when cool things are okay. Make sure the pressure cap is doing its job. Have tested...
Re: coolant leak after long idle
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:53:36 -0700
--- Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: > Now, how about a proven method for flushing all of the old coolant out before > switching to another...
Coolant light mystery
Historical mailing list - FRANK CONDELLI
Wed, 14 Sep 2022 06:06:09 -0400
...My coolant light has just started acting weird. It will come on after about 10 ~ 15 minus of driving and stay on, no flash...
Re: Such a splendid waste of time
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:21:28 -0800
...mcneely > > He only wishes he had a heater core to pipe coolant through, and > coolant to pipe through it. That came a year and...
Re: coolant
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 07:34:25 -0700
...Don't temp fate. -Dana- Woody Halsey wrote: > > Dear List, > > What is our opinion of Gulf "Universal Formula" coolant. That is what my > mechanic...
Bleeding a Tiico (Coolant)
Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 11:07:17 -0700
Ive changed out my broken water pump, now I need to bleed the coolant system. Should I just follow my Haynes book?(i love...